Mop.



PATENTED OUT. 22

F. ANTONI 'MOP. APPLICATION rum) JULY 15.- 1907.

THE NORRIS PETERS cm. WISHINGG", n. c,

JOHN F. ANTONI, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed July 15,1907. Serial No. 383,811.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Join: F. AN'roNI, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

The invention has for its object, primarily, means for fastening the inop to the handle, and secondly, means which may be employed to draw compactly together and bind securely the strands of a mop, and also form the external band to the mop head.

"he invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts such as will be first fully described and then spcci [ically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a mop embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the mop binder or clamp in an. open position, showing the strands of the mop. Fig. 3 is a detail view in plan, showing the binder or clamp drawn together and the ends of the band secured in position. Fig. 1 is a side view of the parts as seen in Fig. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of one of the separable parts of the ferrule. Fig. 6 is a view of the back portion of the same, and Fig. 7 is a view of the lower end of the separable portion of the ferrule, looking up ward Similar numerals of reference indicate correspondiug parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, 10 indicates a mop binder or clamp which consists of two straight pieces of stout Wire, 12 and 12 approximately of the same length. The inner ends of these wires are arranged in a parallel position and a short distance apart. A portion, 1 1, of the inner end of one wire, 12, is bent at right angles and extended in the direction of the wire 12 and thence beneath and upwardly and coiled once around the wire 12 at 14 and the end of the coil extended outwardly and at an oblique angle to said wire 12 a short distance and thence bent downwardly and extended inwardly lo form a hook, 15. The inner end of the wire 12 is also bent at right angles and a portion, 16, extended in the direction of wire 12 and coiled, at 16 around said wire in precisely the same manner as the coil 14. and the end of the coil extended outwardly and at an oblique angle to the wire 12,

and upon said end of the coil is a hook, 17.

The strands, 18, of cotton to form the mop are extended over the portions of the wires 12 and 1.2 between the bent portions 1 1 and 16, of the respective wires 12 and 12 Power is then applied to the outer ends of the wires 12 and 12 and the strands are drawn compactly together and within a small compass, as seen in Fig. 3. The outer end of the wire 12 at a point 19, a short distance from the coil 14 is bent nearly at right angles and inclined downwardly in a slight degree and then bent in a curved line and extended around the outer strands of the mop inthc direction of and beneath the hook 17, and to a point half way around the circumference of the mop head, and the said end of the wire bent downwardly and parallel with itself to form a hook 20. The outer end portion of the wire 12 is bent close to the coil 16 and extended adjacent the outwardly extended end of the coil, thence in a curved line and in opposite directions to the wire 12 close to the outer strands of the cotton, thence beneath the outer end of the coil 14 to the hook 20. The two end portions of wires 12 and 12 are then drawn firmly around the strands of the cotton and the end of the wire 12 extended within the hook 20, and bent over said hook to form a hook, 21, this securing the ends of the wires 12 and 12 and forming a compact mop head of the strands 18.

22 indicates the mop handle. The lower end of the mop handle and mop are removably connected by means of a ferrule 23, which is in two separable equal parts, 23 and 23, the line of separation extending in the vertical direction of the ferrule. The lower portion, 24, of each part of the ferrule is enlarged and extends half way around the double strands of the cotton, held by the binder or clamp, and forming the mop head.

In the upper portion of the separate parts of the forrule are perforations, 26. portions, 24, of each part of the ferrule downwardly a short distance are extensions or cars, 27, in which are perforations, 28.

In connecting the mop with the handle, the lower end of the handle is placed upon the strands 18 of the mop head, the extensions of the separate parts of the ferrule are arranged with the outer portions of the back of each part of the ferrule against the mop with the proj ections 27 extending upwardly. These extensions are then arranged so that the ends of the respective hooks 15 and 17 enter the openings 28 in the extension 27 and the separate parts of the ferrule moved outwardly and upwardly and in contact with the handle. A screw bolt, 29, is then inserted through the openings 26 in the upper ends of the separate parts of the ferrule and also through the handle 22 and a nut 30, secured to said bolt. The mop and handle are thus firmly con nected and readily detachable in order to replace a worn out mop by another. The clamp for the mop is inexpensive and the mop can be supplied to the market in quantity at reduced cost necessarily entailed when the mop is non-removable from the handle, one handle in my invention serving for any number of mops employing my invention.

It is obvious that various kinds of fibrous material Extending from the lower may be employed instead of cotton strands. The invention is applicable to the construction of brushes, with all the advantages possessed by the mop.

Having fully described my invention, What I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A binder for the inner strands of the fibrous material having separate sliding fiber clamping parts, and a fiber clamping band for the outer fiber integral with each other.

2. In a mop binder for the fibrous mop material having, extended parts, and a ferrule having separate parts de' tachably connected with the extended parts of the binder.

3. A mop, a handle and a ferrule having separate parts embracing the handle and extensions upon the lower portion of each part of the ferrule connected with the mop.

4. A binder for the mop material having hooks a handle, a ferrule having separate parts embracing the handle and perforate extensions of said parts engaging with the hooks on said binder.

5. A binder for the mop material, comprising separate wires having inwardly bent portions of the inner ends of said Wires and coils upon said portions extending around the respective wires.

6. A binder for the mop material comprising separate wires having inwardly bent portions of the inner ends of the respective wires, coils upon said bent portions through which the outer ends of the separate wires are passed and hooks upon said bent portions of the wires.

7. A binder for the mop material comprising separate wires having inwardly bent material clamping portions of the inner ends of said wires, coils upon said bent portions through which the outer ends of the separate wires are passed, and hooks upon the said outer ends of said wires and the bent portions having said coils.

8. A mop comprising the fibrous mop material in combi nation with a binder and hooks upon the binder and a ferrule having separate parts and perforate extensions or lugs upon said parts, engaging with the hooks and a handle and securing devices for the separate parts of the ferrule upon the handle.

9. A mopcomprising the fibrous material and binding wires extending around the said material and provided with hooks in combination with a handle, a ferrule having separate parts embracing the handle and securing devices for the said parts upon the handle and perforate extensions upon the said parts of the ferrule engaging with the said hooks.

JOHN F. ANTONI.

Witnesses JENNIE SAMPSON, NATHAN F. CARTER. 

